12/16/2024
UK ETA: What you can and can not do with your Electronic Travel Authorization
What you can and can not do with a UK ETA
Your ETA allows you to travel to the UK for 6 months as a Standard Visitor (general):
- Tourism
- Visiting family or friends
- Business short-term study (courses up to 6 months)
- Paid permitted engagement (you must do the engagement in the first 30 days of your visit)
You can also use an ETA to:
- Transit through the UK
- Come to the UK for up to 3 months as a creative worker
You can visit the UK as a Standard Visitor (details):
- for tourism, for example on a holiday or vacation
- to see your family or friends
- to volunteer for up to 30 days with a registered charity
- to pass through the UK to another country (‘in transit’)
- for certain business activities, for example attending a meeting or interview
- for certain paid engagements or events (a ‘permitted paid engagement’) as an expert in your profession, for example to give lectures or perform
- to take part in a school exchange program
- to do a recreational course of up to 30 days, for example a dance course
- to study, do a placement or take an exam
- as an academic, senior doctor or dentist
- for medical reasons
You cannot:
- do paid or unpaid work for a UK company or as a self-employed person, unless you’re doing a permitted paid engagement or event
- claim public funds (benefits)
- live in the UK for long periods of time through frequent or successive visits
- marry or register a civil partnership, or give notice of marriage or civil partnership - you’ll need to apply for a Marriage Visitor visa
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